As Virginia Tech spins through its ACC schedule, the Hokies bring with them the top scorer in the NCAA, senior Erick Green. The 6-3 guard averaged 25.0 points through 21 games.
Creighton's Doug McDermott stood second with a 23.9-point average.
The only time an ACC player paced major-college teams in scoring, there was no Division I. The year was 1957, the player South Carolina's Grady Wallace. A transfer from Pikeville Junior College in Kentucky, Wallace averaged 31.2 points and was a unanimous All-ACC pick along with North Carolina's Lennie Rosenbluth, the league's player of the year.
Since then the ACC has had its share of prolific scorers, most recently J.J. Redick. The Duke guard averaged 26.8 points in 2006, finishing second nationally to Gonzaga's Adam Morrison (28.1). Redick also finished ninth in 2005 with a 21.8-point output.
Other than Green, who sees every member of the league at least once, the nation's top scorer has faced an ACC team only six times in the past 11 years. That's as far back as the NCAA Web site goes in reporting individual statistics.
ACC teams were 3-3 in those games.
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TOP GUNS Modern NCAA Season Scoring Leaders Against ACC Opponents |
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| Year | NCAA Leader | School | Avg. | ACC Opponent | Result v. ACC |
| 2012 | Reggie Hamilton | Oakland | 26.2 | None | |
| 2011 | Jimmer Fredette | BYU | 28.9 | None | |
| 2010 | Aubrey Coleman | Houston | 25.6 | Maryland/NCAA | 77-89 L |
| 2009 | Stephen Curry | Davidson | 28.6 | N.C. State | 72-67 W |
| @Duke | 67-79 L | ||||
| 2008 | Reggie Williams | VMI | 27.8 | None | |
| 2007 | Reggie Williams | VMI | 28.1 | None | |
| 2006 | Adam Morrison | Gonzaga | 28.1 | Virginia | 80-69 W |
| Maryland | 88-76 W | ||||
| 2005 | Kaydren Clark | St. Peterâs | 25.8 | None | |
| 2004 | Dennis Stanton | Ursinus | 32.6 | None | |
| 2003 | Ruben Douglas | New Mexico | 28.0 | None | |
| 2002 | Jason Conley | VMI | 29.3 | @ Virginia | 59-93 L |